Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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